I know the subject reads like a recipe for desaster :-) I run debian within a vmware virtual machine on an xp system, with samba, and all is fine.
I am now trying to replicate this setup on a new machine I bought, that came with Vista. I have no idea whether Vista has anything to do with it, but I am having problems, i.e. sometimes don't see the virtual machine on vista, and sometimes I see it but cannot browse into it (or ping it by computername, IP always works). On the virtual debian machines (both the one on XP and the one on Vista) I used these simple steps to install samba: - get-apt samba 3.0.14a-Debian (as reported by smbstatus) - put info into the installed smb.conf (identical, except for 'encrypt passwords = true' vs. 'encrypt password = yes' no idea why that difference) - cat /etc/passwd | /usr/sbin/mksmbpasswd > /etc/samba/smbpasswd - smbpasswd myuser (the username is the same on windows, as is the password) - /etc/init.d/samba restart At this point, I can go do these things with the virtual debian machine that's running on XP: - see the machine in the network neighborhood, click on it, and browse the directory on the debian machine - get into the machine using putty by using the name of the debian machine - ping the machine by name from XP On the virtual debian machine that's running on Vista, - sometimes I can do all I can do on XP - sometimes the machine is visible in network neighborhood, but when I click on it, it's "not accessible" - sometimes the machine isn't even visible in network neighborhood - HOWEVER, all along I can ping the machine by IP, and I can putty into the machine by IP I am sure this is something real simple, but not simple for me! Abu Mats -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
